Mexican Fifa 20 fanatics travel 5,500 miles to watch Adebayo Akinfenwa in League One clash between Wycombe and Tranmere
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TWO Mexican fans were such big admirers of Wycombe cult-hero Adebayo Akinfenwa that they travelled 5,500 miles across the world to watch him in action.
The 37-year-old, nicknamed The Beast, has a huge fan base after being named the world's strongest player on footie game FIFA.
Brothers Francisco and Frenzel Gamez made it their mission to watch the bruising striker in action so they made the trip to watch a home clash against Tranmere.
The Choirboys gave the brothers quite the treat making their journey worth it as they ran out 3-1 winners at Adams Park - with Akinfenwa scoring his side's second goal.
Akinfenwa then met the duo after the contest before giving them a signed shirt for their troubles.
Speaking to the, Frenzel explained he planned the trip for his FIFA super fan brother, saying: “We decided to plan this trip because my brother plays FIFA and we saw the team Wycombe.
“We then see Akinfenwa, he then saw that he is a beast. We Googled him and saw his followers on Instagram and we thought he was amazing.
“We then started to follow the team as we became fans, so that is why we decided to come to the game.
“We started to plan this trip to Wycombe about three months ago, but my brother wanted to see Wycombe play from about a year ago.
“But with money and other stuff, we couldn’t do it but after a while, my brother went a bit crazy and he said, ‘We need to see Akinfenwa!’
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“This is because he could retire soon, and we wanted to see him play live.
“I really enjoyed the game and I enjoyed the people and the town.
“It was our first time in Wycombe and it was incredible. And we were really happy when Akinfenwa scored - it was a dream come true.
“There was drama at 1-1 and when we scored to make it 2-1, it was perfect. There was intensity and Akinfenwa made the difference – it was amazing.”
